Connect Ventures is a London-based venture firm that has invested in pre-seed and seed stage product companies since 2012. It describes itself on its own site as "a partner-only, Europe-wide, high conviction investment team" and states that it leads or co-leads rounds between $500k-$5m, invests across the seed spectrum supporting companies to go from pre-product to product market fit, and is a product specialist investing in the categories it lists as AI, cybersecurity, deep tech, data & infrastructure, fintech, health, and vertical networks. It runs a founder community programme and an annual product summit called Built By Few.
AUM65/100 Power Score™2012 FoundedLondon, United Kingdom
Connect Ventures LLP is incorporated in England and Wales on 24 August 2011 with registered number OC367566.
2012
Connect Ventures launches with a $22m first fund, per TechCrunch's launch report; the firm's own site dates its investing to 2012.
2016
Connect Ventures raises its second fund, reported by TechCrunch as "around $62 million based on today's exchange rate".
2019
Rory Stirling, previously a founding partner at BGF Ventures and a partner at MMC Ventures, joins Connect Ventures as partner (TechCrunch, 24 January 2019); Companies House records his appointment as a designated member of Connect Ventures LLP on 5 March 2019.
2020
Connect Ventures announces its third fund at $80m (GBP 65m) on 25 June 2020.
2023
Connect Ventures' fourth fund reaches the $80 million mark with a final close to come later in the year (TechCrunch, 5 September 2023); British Patient Capital announces a GBP 20m commitment to the fund.
2024
Molten Ventures announces on 3 October 2024 that it has acquired approximately 97% of Connect Ventures Fund I in a secondary transaction for around GBP 18.6 million.
2025
Connect Ventures Five (England) Limited and Connect Ventures Five (Scotland) Limited are incorporated at Companies House in September 2025 as general partner vehicles; no fund close for a fifth fund has been announced.